‘I know we can be successful with the social dialogue in sport’, says Jean-Paul Tricart, head of the unit Social Dialogue of the European Commission, guest speaker at the European Professional Sportspeoples Forum.

The Social Dialogue Committee busies itself with the preparation, execution and further development of the social dialogue. The social dialogue is a consultation between employers and employees within professional football. The following parties...

FIFPro is looking forward to the social dialogue plenary meeting where an agreement regarding minimum requirements for standard player contracts in the professional football sector in the EU is expected to be agreed on.

An extraordinary general assembly for the members of Division Europe has been called for 9 March. The reason is, among others, the developments surrounding the Social Dialogue in football, which is under a lot of pressure.

There was disappointment when, despite a strong delegation from FIFPro, at very short notice the three other social partners (ECA, EPFL and UEFA) decided not to attend an important meeting in Brussels.

Establishing regular social dialogue between wage-earning footballers and the clubs that employ them is one of the wishes that FIFPro has been expressing clearly in recent years. Europe has been managing things on its own for a long time, but Africa too...

Professional footballers, represented by the Polish footballers union, national clubs and the Polish League, have successfully established a social dialogue. During a special meeting last week in Warsaw, all parties confirmed that they aim to meet the...

Next Thursday 18 February the social partners in professional football (FIFPro, ECA, EPFL and UEFA) will meet in Brussels. FIFPro expects that a final accord on the collective agreement will be reached during this meeting.

‘Sport activity is subject to the application of E.U. law’, is what the participants of the first European Professional Sportspeoples Forum stressed in their joint statement. FIFPro was one of the organizing unions.

Top European players unions at the European Sports Forum in Madrid have sent a strong message to the European Commissioner responsible for Sport, that European athletes must be covered by EU laws that protect workers’ rights.

The discussions with the European Commission also lead to an initiative intended to bring about a social dialogue in European professional football. The EC assigns FIFPro to the task of giving substance to this social dialogue. In 2003 FIFPro takes the...

‘Sport activity is subject to the application of E.U. law’, is what the participants of the first European Professional Sportspeoples Forum stressed in their joint statement. FIFPro was one of the organizing unions.

The decision by a German court that former goalkeeper Heinz Müller had achieved an indefinite time contract after his three-year contract was prolonged by his (former) club, should serve as a wake-up call for professional football, where currently all...

FIFPro Division Europe has called on its members to gather for an extraordinary General Assembly. The reasons behind this extra meeting are the latest developments with regard to the Social Dialogue and the new Lisbon Treaty.

FIFPro remained bitterly disappointed after ECA, EPFL and UEFA had explained they are still not ready to sign the autonomous agreement on the minimum requirements for standard player contracts in European football.

It was a historical day for FIFPro, as the worldwide association of professional footballers signed the autonomous agreement on the minimum requirements for standard player contracts, yesterday in Brussels.

FIFPro is looking forward to reaching a new milestone. On Thursday, FIFPro Division Europe, ECA, EPFL, and UEFA will sign the agreement regarding the introduction of Minimum Requirements for Standard Player Contracts.

'This is a historic step for football and football players in Switzerland?, said a very content president Lucien Valloni, after the Swiss players union SAFP came to a principle agreement with the Swiss Football League.

Philippe Piat, the president of the French professional footballers’ union (UNFP), who is also vice president of FIFPro and president of FIFPro Division Europe doesn’t mince his words in an interview with Belgian magazine Sport.

FIFPro Division Europe, UNI Europa and ETUC have today in Brussels entered into an agreement to defend the fundamental democratic and social rights of professional football players and other professional sportspeople.

The professional footballers from Slovenia unanimously declared that they will not allow the Slovenian football association NZS to make use of their image rights until the FA agrees on a social dialogue.

FIFPro has always led the social dialogue. The agreement soon to be signed, is the fruit of a collective labour and has opened the way to social harmony. Would it have been so without the goal-scoring talent of Michel Platini?

FIFPro's secretary general Theo van Seggelen underlines the significance of the joint statement by the European Professional Sportspeoples Forum. The message is clear: ‘Sport activity is subject to the application of EU law.’

Monday 31 January marks the first edition of the European Professional Sportspeople's’ Forum; the gathering of all national and international unions for professional sportspeople in Europe. FIFPro is one of the organizers.

'This is a historic step for football and football players in Switzerland’, said a very content president Lucien Valloni, after the Swiss players union SAFP came to a principle agreement with the Swiss Football League.

FIFPro welcomes the statement made by the EU Expert Group ‘Good Governance’, which emphasises the importance of application of national and EU law principles in professional sports. FIFPro fully agrees with this statement.

Austrian football has been rocked by the recent reports on match-fixing. Much to the chagrin of the national footballers’ association VdF, the Minister of Sports ‘forgot’ to invite the players during a special meeting.

FIFPro, the international trade union for professional footballers, will host a two-day seminar, organised by the European Social Dialogue Committee (October 1-2), in a joint initiative involving the continent's key stakeholders UEFA (European...

As leading non-governmental organizations in the area of human rights (including children's rights and labor rights), environment and anti-corruption as well as official representatives of professional football players and supporters, we are joining...

On Thursday, FIFPro and UEFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding. It includes agreements that both parties will collaborate closely to address problems such as those described in the FIFPro Black Book Eastern Europe.